June 6, 2019 • Volume 13, Issue 4 • Tucson, Arizona

In a program consisting almost entirely of work, some might be surprised to fi nd an annual Glee Club at Girls State.

Nevertheless, it’s an integral part of the week, and the performance, put on Friday night, is both highly anticipated and appre-ciated. However, though all citizens get to see the fi nal performance, not many get to hear directly from its participants about the process here at Girls State and their overall devotion to the art.

Leena Dobler, Glee Club’s director, joined specifi cally because “I feel like I can help them out a little bit with my expe-rience because I’m good at teaching and helping people.” These attributes, as well as her natural tendency towards leadership, led to her position as director.

She says she’s always been musically driven and has been participating in choirs

and singing groups since she could speak. Dobler defi nitively states her favorite part about Glee are the song choices, though she refrains from spoiling the surprise of what they actually are.

Unsurprisingly, considering her position in the club, her favorite part of Girls State is the many opportunities to run for numer-ous offi ces and constantly participate.

Skyla Rigg, another member of the club and a multifaceted musician, not only sings, but also plays the piano, guitar, and uke-lele. She enthusiastically says she joined because “I love music, and I believe music unites people. It’s super fun, so why not sing with a bunch of people I don’t know?”

Mirroring her director, Rigg also believes the best part about Glee club is the song choices and similarly refuses to reveal their titles. When asked about her experience at Girls State as a whole, Rigg expresses “I really love getting to know people from dif-ferent schools and being able to be outgoing

here even though I’m usually pretty quiet.”Our last conversation was with Janice

Ochoa who joined glee because “I really wanted to just be fully involved with Girls State and to take advantage of all the oppor-tunities I could.”

Ochoa has been singing for years and believes it allowed her to become a confi -dent and more outgoing person. She thinks the presence of a Glee Club at Girls State is a “great thing because it builds up the spirit of all the citizens here” and will, as Rigg had suggested, help unify all the girls watching. When asked what songs the group has prepared, Ochoa promises a patriotic performance but won’t give any-thing else up.

It seems the Glee Club is loved for a reason, and its presence is clearly an essen-tial part of the week here ate Girls State. How it will look and sound this year, though, is a mystery we won’t solve until the fi nal performance on Friday night.

An Inside Look at the Glee ClubBY ISABELLA STRUCKMAN & BRINLEY CABRRILLOSycamore City Reporters

All articles are written by and submitted by independent student reporters and in no way refl ect the endorsements or opinions of Arizona Girls State or the Arizona Girls State Independent.

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is published daily by American Legion AuxiliaryArizona Girls StatePenny Maklary, DirectorShannon Mead, Editor

2019 Girls State ReportersHolly Hoogstra - IronwoodLana Aguon - IronwoodKiertsen Dugan - Palo VerdePriscilla Barragon - Palo VerdeYaraa Fawzi - JuniperEmily Bird - JuniperIsaura Cavarrubias - PinonJazlyn Fernando - PinonBrittney Bigler - OcotilloJulia McHerron - OcotilloGenevieve Erickson - MimosaMarvellyn Nguyen - MimosaBanna Peña - ChollaHeather Johnson - ChollaAnna Lucas - ManzanitaMadison McBride - ManaznitaSavannah LaFon - YuccaDazhane Brown - YuccaRose Glass - SaguaroAlyssa Zhang- SaguaroLily Imai - MesquiteAudrey Landers - MesquiteIsabella Struckman - SycamoreBrinley Carrillo - Sycamore© Copyright, 2019 Arizona Girls State

Glee Club ..................... page 1

Battle for office ..................... page 2

Around GS ..................... page 3Talent Show

..................... page 4

Do these girls have what it takes to be the next governor or secretary of state? Well four girls think they do, the four ladies came up in front

of city hall to discuss what they are going to bring to the state table. All girls have one clear motive, join nationalist and federalist together.

Tonight, both governors running noted about the environment in the state. Freya Abraham stated that she is worried about it but did not elaborate much further on the topic. Kiersten Rule was very set on

the environment, “Conserve the environment for our future.”

Moving on to the Secretary of state, both candi-dates were very supportive on being the voice of the state. Miranda Uribe stated “Hear both sides before I make the call” was something that stood out the most in her speech.

Priscilla Barragan had a out standing message, “Don’t mark my words but, mark my actions”. All four girls made them stand out in there own ways and made there respective points known.

Battle for State Governor and SecretaryBY EMILY BIRDJuniper City Reporter

Knocking on the Door of Victory BY HOLLY HOOGSTRA & LANA AGUONIronwood City Reporters

Walking along the hallway in Ironwood, citizens will see doors depicting differ-ent countries from all around the world.

Each door represents a country and has a business that is associated with what that country is known for exporting.

For example, the Netherlands boasts a fl ower shop due to their export of tulips and France displays their fashion industry. The girls in each dorm had a great time getting to decorate their doors and everyone is really happy with how the fi nal products came out.

Myranda Mo believes that, “Creating the doors was a very good way of bringing not only ousitde cultures together, but us girls in Ironwood as well. This project was really a good way to bring out our creative sides aside from all of the serious work we are doing.” Some girls felt that, “Coming up with ideas was a struggle, but we eventually had to come together to create something we all liked.”

Indeed, everyone had different ideas and goals for what they wanted the doors to look like, and in the end, everyone was happy with the theme we created. Each door not only represents a different country and business, they also represent the different inter-ests, passions, and experiences of the girls who live behind them.

I know that one of the reasons I was inspired to make a Netherlands themed door was because my brother is currently living in Amsterdam. Another girl in Ironwood, Nicole Huffman, chose to do an African and safari door due to her passion for art and specifi cally drawing animals.

All in all, every girl had a great time decorating the doors! They really helped to brighten up the hall-ways of Ironwood and this was our fi rst opportunity to really have to work together and compromise as a group. The door decorations are just one aspect that factor into which city will be crowned the capital and Ironwood hopes that they have done enough to hope-fully secure this title!

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Arizona Girls State Talent Show 2019

Emcee’s

Name/s: City: Description: Time:Daly, Samantha

Uribe, Miranda

Hopper, Cameron

Hoogstra, Holly

Barragan, Priscilla

Saguaro

Saguaro

Saguaro

Ironwood

Palo Verde

Emcees --

Name/s: City: Description: Time:1 Glass, Rose Saguaro Singing “Come Out and Play” 4:00

2 Benton, Natalie Saguaro Singing “Rise Up” 5:00

3 Pena, Brianna “Banna”

Ballesteros, Samantha

Cholla Guitar and Singing “Rip Tide” 4:00

4 Kibarian, Sarah Palo Verde Mystery Talent 2:00

5 Anderson, Joren Ocotillo Violin Solo “The Devil Went Down to

Georgia”

4:00

6 Sorensen, Madeline Ocotillo Singing “Beauty and the Beast” 2:00

7 Castro, Guadalupe Manzanita Poem “Ignorance” 2:00

8 Holm, Bennett Yucca Signing “All I Ask” 2:30

9 Covarrubias, Isaura

Fernando, Jazlyn

Pinon Dance Compilation 3:00

10 Nelson, Aaryanna Ocotillo Poem “Release Me, For I Am Strong” 2:00

11 Trevillyan, Analyce Sycamore Sign Language Performance to “We Are the

World”

3:00

12 DeShon, Sadie Mesquite Singing “Taylor the Latte Boy” 4:30

13 Galicia, Lucrecia Ocotillo Poem “The Necklace” 2:00

14 Coleman, Kylie Pinon Violin Solo “Cotton Eyed Joe” 2:00

15 Gomez, Briana Mesquite Dancing “Trip” 2:00

16 Glick, Riley Juniper Singing “She Used to Be Mine” 4:00

17 Abraham, Freya Pinon Singing “Ave Maria” 4:30

18 Butcher, Jade Ironwood Dancing Spanish “Nutcracker” 2:00

19 Sampson, Victoria Juniper Guitar solo “The Star-Spangled Banner” 3:00

20 Dobler, Lena Palo Verde Singing “Gravity” 4:00

21 Cluff, Kiley Palo Verde Ukulele “Rip Tide” 3:00

22 Guerra, Adrianna Sycamore Singing “Los Laureles” 3:00